The decisions that some dancehall artiste made to voice duplates for this years elect, did not sit well with Dancehall artistes, Tanya Stephens and Queen Ifrica.
Tanya Stephens posted to her Instagram page, “Sound Clash 2020 underway…Loud” and captioned her post, “If this was a sound clash for real I’d want my money back. So far everybody seems to be under the impression that the electorate is comprised mostly of young dancehall fans with no real responsibility so the issues have been completely abandoned in favor of frolicking.”
“I know that in times of great stress comic relief becomes an essential service, but it is best administered by COMEDIANS. The last person I want doing a comedy routine while the town is on fire is a fireman. The last people I want giving rib ticklers after the town has been reduced to ash is the lone team of builders entrusted with the task of rebuilding everybody’s life and livelihood. Especially when they are partying at the expense of the newly homeless,” she continued.
“This is not a sound clash. If it was I’d leave early because both sound systems are severely out of touch with clash culture and not even worth a free entry. On my way out I’d call the clash early for the children in green (JLP). They haven’t rolled out any killing dubs yet but they have a better juggling line up,” the “These Streets Artiste” singer added.
In the final leg of her caption, the artiste stated, “Of special note is the fact that the entertainment industry has been rendered defunct but can be temporarily reactivated to benefit politicians. Never mind me though… hand luggage!”
Tanya Stephens made another post on the matter, however this time she disabled her comments and posted, “Tan a yuh yard when yuh hungry, and wah go look food but come out f listen o politician scam u fi vote”
Her second post was an evident reference to her former clash with JLP supporters after she stated Holness was wrong for forcing people to stay home during the pandemic as she believed it prevented them from earning or go about their daily business.
Queen Ifrica’s comments on the matter, revealed that she was not impressed at the fact that dancehall had gotten involved in politics.
“It is a dubplate fi dubplate election,” Ifrica announced. “May the best dubplate win. A paying close attention to the songs being used; that says a whole lot. Jamaican people vote for a seat at the table. That’s the only way to stop being meat at the table” she said.
